Lecturers can't twitter on in new media age 2
Richard Austen-Baker (Letters, 19 February) is guilty of a faux pas. The tiny survey evidence he calls on to support his argument serves only to question its validity, unless the fact that lecturers...
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Axeing cap will hit diversity
It is a great pity that some of the input offered to John Denham, Universities Secretary, as part of his review of higher education is not as well informed as it should be. For example, Sir John...
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Quit while you're behind
One can express nothing but admiration for those four units of assessment mentioned by Keith Richards that entered the latest research assessment exercise despite winning no funding in 2001 (Letters...
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Josef K is innocent
Bruce Christianson claims that in Kafka's novel The Trial Josef K "never once asks what the accusation against him actually is" (Letters, 19 February). Even the briefest of glances at the novel shows...
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SAS defends GM guide
Your article "Charity guide criticised for not declaring GM interests" (19 February) did not reflect the information provided by Sense About Science and the John Innes Centre in response to GM Watch'...
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No sense in school closure
The senior management board (SMB) at the University of Reading has recommended the closure of its School of Health and Social Care on the grounds that it is not viable ("Institutions draw up plans...
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Open plan clutters minds
The story on the evolution of academic work space into open-plan offices highlights the dangers of following corporate trends ("Office size shows who measures up", 12 February). The move from "...
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Do it yourself
Contrary to the assertion in your short piece on the subject ("The week in higher education", 19 February), I would have thought that there is nothing surprising about the fact that images of bikini-...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesBiologists boycott LouisianaA national organisation of scientists has cancelled plans to hold its annual convention in Louisiana and blacklisted the state until a law affecting the...
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Oz elite damn review as a 'road map to mediocrity'
Call for expansion would waste cash and mislead students, top institutions say. John Gill reports
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Students' sense of entitlement angers academics
Concern is building that US students have developed an unhealthy sense of "entitlement" to higher education.When Times Higher Education columnist John H. Summers described his experiences as a...
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Get set for hell and high water
A report says climate change can't be stopped so we must focus on coping with it. Neha Popat reports
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Grant winners
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILThe ESRC has announced £16.5 million of funding over five years for three research centres focusing on the UK's economic wellbeing. These centres will help support...
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Ethical vision
Keith Martin has been honoured for work on a stem-cell research for retinal injuries that cuts the need for animal experiments
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Appointments
A new pro vice-chancellor has been appointed at Nottingham Trent University. Ann Priest will be responsible for non-course-related student matters at the university, alongside her role as head of the...